Improvement in bee-hives



anni (site WrLLIAM A. RUTH, or WYOMING, DELAWARE.

lLetters Patent No. 109,672, dated November 29,1870.

' IMPOVEMENTIN BEE-HIVES.l

The-Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent'a'nd making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. RUTH, of Wyoming, in the county .of Kent and State of Delaware, have invented a new and improved BeefHive; and I do` hereby'declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this speciticat'ion,

My'inveution relates to improvement in slides for closing the entrances of honeylboxes in bee-hives, and censists iu the construction and arrangement 0f slides, as hereinafter fully explained, and as specified in the claim.

In the drawing- Figure l represents a side elevation of a hive provided withmy improvement, the outer doors being enen, and

Figure 2, a vertical transverse section ofthe same.

a represents a centralchamber. v

b I), the partitions separating it from the honeybokes c c, which are, in this instance, shown arranged one above another.

h h aremy improved slides, which are fitted in grpoves L' 7.', and havestems projecting through the outer walls of the hive, so as to permit them to be easily and readily operated lfor closing the apertures f f in the partitions, which correspond with the openings e e in the boxes c c;

Thus bees may be shut 9d' from honey-boxes when itis desired to remove one of the latter, or forv other reasons, with entire safety and ease, and without alarm or injury to the bees themselves.

I am aware the invention of Aaron E. James, pat*- .ented January 6, 1844, exhibits a device similar in some respects to mine, but I lay no clainlto anything therein shown.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and. desirev to secure by Letters Patent, is

The slides h h, arranged in the grooves k k ofthe partitions b I), and provided with stems i t' projecting ontside'the wall of the hive, as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM A. RUTH.

Witnesses:

A. A. BAKER, H. C. GREEN. 

